Sep 22, 2011
Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York warned President Barack Obama that continued attacks on the federal Defense of Marriage Act will seriously threaten Church/State relations. In a strongly worded letter sent to Obama this week, Dolan criticized the...
Sep 22, 2011
The Catholic Conference of Illinois has created a new department intended to uphold and preserve the sanctity of traditional marriage. Zach Wichmann, director of government relations for CCI, heads up the new Defense of Marriage department. Each diocese has appointed...
Sep 19, 2011
Sept. 19, 2011 show Bob Gilligan talked with Maria Munoz, who is advocating for her undocumented friend, a college graduate who now can't get a job. Bob then spoke with CCI's own Marilou Gervacio to get an update on the Catholic Charities lawsuit. Ken Withrow,...
Sep 19, 2011
Read what Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of Springfield and Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria have to say about the court decision against Catholic Charities in the organizations' efforts to continue contracting with the state for foster care and adoption services....
Sep 9, 2011
Leaders of Illinois' six Catholic dioceses today called for Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to revoke new rules mandating insurance coverage of contraceptives and sterilization that also create an extremely narrow definition of religious...
